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Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection Detected by Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 1478-1480

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090358

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We describe a PCR-confirmed case of Plasmodium knowlesi infection with a high parasitemia level and clink cal signs of severe malaria in a migrant worker from Malay sian Borneo in the Netherlands. Investigations showed that commercially available rapid antigen tests for detection of human Plasmodium infections can detect P. knowlesi infections in humans.

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